BSA/SACPA – E-safety compliance: keeping up with developments

• Date: September 9, 2025
• Time: 10:00 – 11:00
• Cost: SACPA/BSA Member Rate: £90, Non-member Rate: £180
• Audience: All practitioners and leaders with a safeguarding responsibility, pastoral support, preventative education providers, online safety leads, volunteers who come into contact with children.
• Platform: Zoom (online) – webinar

Course outline:

This session will look at the latest guidance, trends and headlines in online safety. It will highlight the benefits that are to be gained from the online world and also look at the challenges and risks in a balanced way. The latest research will be shared along with some strategies for colleagues working with children and young people and children and young people themselves. 

 This webinar will support knowledge and confidence of practitioners and leaders responsible for oversight of safeguarding and online safety, including those involved in risk assessment, delivering online safety interventions and curriculum. The event is suitable for colleagues working in education, health, youth services, early help, private, charity and third sector organisations. 

Training topics will include:

• Provide an overview of the latest guidance, trends and headlines in online safety 
• Signpost useful sites and resources to inform and educate about online safety 
• Review strategies for meaningful engagement with children and young people as they navigate the online world 
• Signpost links to support risk assessment, intervention and education sessions with young people who are particularly vulnerable online. 

Learning outcomes:

• Delegates will review how `Education for a Connected World’ framework can support their digital safeguarding activity 
• Delegates will have a greater understanding of key guidance, legislation and trends 
• Delegates will be signposted to the latest useful sites and resources to inform and educate about online safety and managing online life. 

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Speaker: Karl Hopwood

Karl is an independent online safety expert. He is a member of UKCIS (UK Council for Internet Safety) and sits on the UKCIS evidence group, education working group and the early warning group as well as on the advisory board for the UK Safer Internet Centre. He also sits on the Roblox trust and safety board where he represents the Insafe network. He was part of an expert steering group with TikTok looking at harmful and dangerous online challenges and regularly contributes to content for Internet Matters, recently delivering their online safety training for those working with children in care commissioned by Ofcom.

Karl has worked for a number of key players in the UK and abroad including CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre), BECTA (British Educational and Communications Technology Agency), the European Commission, the UN and several Local Authorities within the UK and in Europe.

As an ex primary headteacher, he continues to work closely in schools across Europe with children, young people, parents, teachers and governors to develop safer online behaviours and the promotion of digital literacy. Karl has been employed for the last 19 years as an in-house consultant for INSAFE which is the coordinating node of the EU Better Internet for Kids programme where he is responsible for the coordination of safer internet helplines and awareness centres across Europe. Karl was the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Marie Collins Foundation for 7 years, a charity which supports young people who have been sexually abused and exploited online and is now Chair of the board of trustees of Childnet international and Chair of the executive committee of SACPA (Safeguarding and Child Protection Association). Karl has also worked with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and chaired the working group to re-write their Child Online Protection Guidance.